[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh wejmaH wej: <qama' mIwmey>

[Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh]

jIjatlhpu':
> Makes sense. If that's the case, then in order to say that you cover  
> X with Y, you'd have to say {X velmeH Y vIlo'} or {Y-vaD X vIvelmoH};

mujang De'vID, jatlh:
> I think you mean {X-vaD Y vIvelmoH}?

Nope. We only have a single clear example of a causative of a divalent
verb, but it shows that it's the *subject* of the non-causative form
that gets demoted to the {-vaD} position in the causative, so:

ghaHvaD quHDaj qawmoH
It reminds him of his heritage. (S20)

Compare the non-causative form, which would be {quHDaj qaw ghaH} "he
remembers his heritage". So in your example, {DoS Qaw' pu'HIch} would
become {pu'HIchvaD DoS vIQaw'moH}.

The logic seems to be that in the causative, you get a new subject. The
object of the basic verb stays the same - the {DoS} is still getting
{Qaw'}ed - but the original subject is having something done *to* it.
It might seem weird, but there are several Earth languages that do the
same thing.

QeS 'utlh